Giants Of The Funk Tenor Sax

Various Artists

Prestige 24102

This double LP compilation includes two Rusty Bryant tracks, one with Melvin Sparks on guitar, a Houston Person track with Sonny Phillips on organ, two Willis Jackson tracks with Jack McDuff on organ, a Gene Ammons track with Ted Dunbar on guitar, a Sonny Stitt track with Jack McDuff on organ and Eddie Diehl on guitar, and a Stanley Turrentine track with Lloyd Davis on guitar. This collection was subsequently released as part of a 3 CD set.

Tracks / Musicians

• Hittin' the Jug - Gene Ammons
• 'Nothin' Fu'ther - Sonny Sitt
• Red Eye Special - Rusty Bryant and Seldon Powell
• This'll Get to Ya - Willis "Gator" Jackson
• Chains of Love - Houston Person/Babe Clarke
• Wade in the Water - Johnny Griffin
• Tu' Gether - Willis "Gator" Jackson
• Walkin' - Stanley Turrentine
• Goodness - Houston Person
• Soul Liberation - Rusty Bryant
• Chicago Breakdown - Gene Ammons

Soul Liberation was originally released on;

• Soul Liberation, Rusty Bryant, 1970

• Until It's Time For You To Go, Rusty Bryant, 1973

• Goodness!, Houston Person, 1969

• Together Again, Willis Jackson with Brother Jack McDuff, 1960

• West Side Highway, Stanley Turrentine, 1977

• My Way, Gene Ammons, 1972

• Stitt Meets Brother Jack, Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff, 1962

• Giants Of The Blues Tenor Sax/Giants Of The Funk Tenor Sax, Various Artists, 1991